I probably should be insulted by James Rogers's assertion that I "bludge" off the State (Letters, July 28).

However, I am not insulted because I know that I was made redundant through no fault of my own or the company that employed me. I know that I am trying my best to get a job, but I am told that the responses to jobs are very high and that is the end of it.

Probably a lot of people are in the same position as me, again through no fault of their own.

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